and maneced peres & hys men yff they meteG.7.173: Though the G scribe was clearly aware of the possibility of using single and double consonants to indicate preceding
long and short vowels, his practice in this respect is not consistent and the use of a single <t> in mete does not therefore necessarily indicate a present rather than a preterite. For the G scribe's spelling practices, see Introduction
III.2. eft-sones